Invitation to the Republic went missing

[Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN]

Azul, ladîntschen regipätsistàns:

I am intrigued and a bit disturbed to note that, not only has the Royalist CÚG started discussions on language reform without the Republic's input, but that these discussions appear nearly finished.

I am informed that your citizen, s:reu Asmoûr, asked our Minister of Culture, cxhn. Txáglh, to participate in these discussions on 11 May. Our Minister replied that myself - the head of l'Icastolâ, the Republic's equivalent of the CÚG - should be invited because my language skills were the strongest. I never heard about s:reu Asmoûr's invitation.

If I had known about these discussions back in May - remember that, since many Kingdom citizens regard me with glowing-eyed hatred, I try to avoid reading your DG on a regular basis - I would have certainly participated. This is even more distressing as I have recently begun work on a Teach Yourself Talossan book, using the 1997-1998 standard.

If the CÚG has made its mind up to establish a new standard, then there's not much I can do about it now, and the Republic will certainly not simply abandon our recent work to adopt these reforms. But it is distressing.

[Hooligan]

Estimescù Miestrâ,

Toct i proposiziuns considereschti par la CÚG për la reformaziun del glhetg tent estescù posteschti în acest friúl për comentár püblìc. Noncitaxhiêns, come voi tenetz spunescù, tienent estescù contacteschti për sigürar që toct i Ladintschen da toct i pläts sînt sentzînts d'acestilor proposiziuns (más, da c'horsicâ, l'Icastolâ isch 'n entità sondrâ, isch establischescù par ça mîmbreux për estarë sondrâ dal CÚG, és, certánmînt, noi dal CÚG non povent presümar d'înperar që l'Icastolâ actadra eda trac'hadra el travál dal entità da qët ça separeva). Eu sînt ocså sentzînt që el Regeu voi tent înformescù dal pü grült proposiziun (aceastâ över els vocáis és el stress). Noi dal CÚG tienent estescù åpneschti à reçeitar dels comentáes da toct i Ladintschen da toct i pläts, más, që noi en faltent non tent impedescù la CÚG da rompliar ça mändäts és travalar sür 'n Arestadâ që ça crezita promotar el benestarë del glhetg.

În acest paragráf (és solamînt în acest paragráf), parléu com'el Seneschál del Regipäts. În v'opiniun, el governamáintsch tent actescù complätsmînt în bunâ fidálità për atqueschar els tërëms del acîrd që ça tigñhova fäts tëschënt ár douâ partiâs dürånt l'år lasteu. Acest governamáintsch tent dûciescù (non vidînd iñensortâ da progreçéu sür iñen dals altrâs anziuns) për setgar 'n "apvienibâ dals ciumisâs del glhetg". 'N cuntravalesc priväts come la CÚG certánmînt non isch cunstregñhescù d'aschteptar 'n rëspúns à'iens iniceatïu del governamáintsch. Ocså, la cartâ lassa la livertà d'aziun în las màns dal cadascù società.

La CÚG, da c'horsicâ, acta în l'ispéu që el ghletg serà miglhôriçescù în la vischtâ da toct i parléirs és els iscriptoûrs del glhetg da toct i pläts.

Tepistà

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All of the proposals concerning language reform that have been considered by the CÚG have been posted on this board for public comment. Non-citizens have, as you pointed out, been contacted to ensure that all Ladintschen everywhere are aware of the linguistic proposals being considered by the CÚG (although of course the Icastolâ is a separate body, set up explicitly by its members to be separate and distinct from the CÚG, and certainly we in the CÚG cannot presume to mandate that it act or even take note of the work of the body from which it separated). I am also aware that the King has kept you, Miestrâ, personally informed of the largest of these proposals (on vowels and stress). We in the CÚG have certainly been open to receiving comments from all Ladintschen everywhere, but lacking it has not prevented the CÚG from fulfilling its mandate and working on an Arestadâ that it believes is for the good of the language.

Speaking as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom now (and I wish to make crystal clear that this is the only paragraph in which I am doing so), in my opinion, the government of the Kingdom has acted in complete good faith to try to honour the terms of the agreement made between our two parties last year, and has taken the lead (seeing no other progress on any plank of this agreement) to set up an overarching "association of Talossan Language societies." A private organization like the CUG is certainly not constrained to wait for a response to a governmental initiative. Additionally, the proposed charter leaves freedom of action in each society's hands anyway.

The CÚG, of course, acts in the hope that the language be improved in the view of all writers and speakers of the language everywhere.

Hooligan

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

garcamalpadert said:

remember that, since many Kingdom citizens regard me with glowing-eyed hatred, I try to avoid reading your DG on a regular basis

Come zireva Vizzini, "¿Voi vëladretz en pensar, non vëladretz-voi?" Penséu që voi exaxheretz 'n pô, Miestrâ. Ja'iens desgréi da tenziun, për certán, más non ja armiqësi. Neviens tent estescù ûncivíl à vhoi aici, ¿oi?

[Trotxâ]

garcamalpadert said:

since many Kingdom citizens regard me with glowing-eyed hatred

Don't flatter yourself. The more correct emotion would be apathy.

[Xhorxh Asmour]

garcamalpadert said:

I am informed that your citizen, s:reu Asmoûr, asked our Minister of Culture, cxhn. Txáglh, to participate in these discussions on 11 May. Our Minister replied that myself - the head of l'Icastolâ, the Republic's equivalent of the CÚG - should be invited because my language skills were the strongest. I never heard about s:reu Asmoûr's invitation.

Sorry if I failed to invite you too, dear Daphne, but I honestly don't remember receiving any reply from your Minister talking about you. I assumed the Republic's Minister of Culture would forward my message on to the appropriate persons within the Republic, since he would be in a better position to determine who that would be.
Anyway, you would have been welcome to our discussions, and they're still under way, but with no right to vote.

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

garcamalpadert said:

If I had known about these discussions back in May . . . I would have certainly participated.

Miestrâ,

I feel it important to clarify the record a little. On 10 May, even before S:reu Asmoûr sent the e-mail to S:reu Txaglh discussed above, Vitz Açafat posted the following on the Republic's Witt:

I think it is appropriate if we have a discussion here about the spelling reforms being proposed in the Kingdom. At first it appeared that these reforms were going to be accepted there unanimously, but today I notice a few threads taking a contrary opinion.

The following day, 11 May, you replied:

Can someone post a link to the suggested CÚG-Regipäts reforms, for those of us who don't read KingdomWitt on a regular basis?

S:reu Txaglh provided the requested link less than two hours later. Perhaps communications could have been handled better than they were (which I take to be the point of S:reu Asmoûr's apology in this thread), but at the same time, let's not pretend that your side was completely oblivious to the discussions going on here.

Cresti